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The collection of curated GigaPans, which you
provided the link to, does have one photo of the
ball coming off the bat [ www.gigapan.org/gigapans/75452/snap
shots/209037/ ] and is a very good shot. It
was taken at 1/100 sec shutter speed (Note: this
frisbee-flight snapshot www.gigapan.org/conversations/17184
0/ was also taken at 1/100 sec ... the flight
of a frisbee is *slightly* different than that of
a baseball although both are goverened by the same
laws of physics). My baseball photos, if they show
the ball frozen in flight, are taken usually
around 1/5000 sec. The trick is to take these
photos and GigaPans in bright sunlight and at
f/2.8 or f/3.5 [resulting in small depth of field]
to achive fast shutter speeds; that is why you may
see baseball photographers using *big* fast lenses
at these sporting events.

Thanks for the uplifting comment. It seems as if
this project will last as long as I last ... I
want to take the perfect panorama of a Rice Owls
baseball game with each player on the field having
an action shot of them and the baseball in play
and at the moment, a hand-held panorama although,
later I may use a monopod. Note: on the campus of
Rice University, due to the international variety
of students, it is not unusual to see a cricket
match or rugby match as there are open spaces
designated as a rugby field [ remember Emily?: www.gigapan.org/gigapans/35842/
] and a cricket field [ for this panorama, I was
standing on the cricket field: www.gigapan.org/gigapans/40036/
]. Rice rocks ... :)